Singapore legislation
Clause 9
Clause 9
Register of Singapore ships
(1)
The Director shall be the Registrar of Singapore ships.
(2)
The Registrar shall keep a register of ships registered as Singapore ships under the provisions of this Part in accordance with the following provisions:
the property in a ship may be divided into any number of shares and such number shall not be changed unless the ship is registered anew;
a person shall not be entitled to be registered as an owner of a fractional part of a share in the ship;
joint owners shall be considered as constituting one person only as regards the persons entitled to be registered, and shall not be entitled to dispose of in severalty any interest in a ship or in any share therein in respect of which they are registered; and
a corporation may be registered as an owner by its corporate name.